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George's Hospital from "Nephritis" (Kidney disease)
after Scarlet Fever. There were, however, 3 deaths of our
Parishioners from this disease in Public Institutions outside
the Parish.
Diphtheria caused 36 deaths, being 16 less than in 1883,
but nearly 11 above the annual average for the previous 10
years. Among the 36 deaths registered in the Parish,
there were, however, 16 deaths of non-parishioners, leaving
20 deaths of Parishioners from this disease. Of these,
moreover, one was that of a child who contracted the
disease from a case imported into the Parish, another was
described as "Croup with Bronchitis," and a third was
that of a man, 56 years of age, who died from " Pneumonia
with a diphtheritic sore throat." On the other hand
there were 2 deaths from this disease of Parishioners in
Public Institutions outside the Parish.
I must remark that Diphtheria is still exceedingly
prevalent in London, and seems to be taking a hold of
London and of some of our great towns, as mentioned in my
last report, for reasons that have not yet been explained.
Thus in the 28 largest English towns, including London,
the diphtheria death-rate in 1889 was half as high again as
the death-rate for the previous 10 years. In Plymouth
and Manchester it was nearly 4 times as high, in Bolton it
was nearly 5 times as high, in Salford it was 6 times as
high, and in Newcastle twice as high, as in the previous 10
years.
Whooping Cough caused 31 deaths, as against 28 in 1888,
and an average of 33.5 during the previous 10 years.
Typhus Fever was not. so far as I am aware, present in
the parish during the year, and only one death from it has
been recorded in the parish since 1881.